N¼nNp«³.sWäv sIXnNan skÅw San¨psNm*n^p¶t¸mjm\v Ssâ fNapsX NmÀ k^p¶Sv scÀ\m*hv N*Sv. ASn tKmhq«ns] N*t¸mÄ l^n¡pw A]mÄ ASnl]n¨p. Nm^\w Z]mWs] At±i¯nWv W¶m]n A_n]mw. AkÄ FÃmt^mXpw AN`w bm`n¨n^p¶p. B^pfm]n H^p {c*vgnbv D*m¡n]n^p¶nÃ. AkÄ Bt^mXpw C§sW AXp¯n^p¶n«nÃ. SmsWmjn¨m dm¡n FÃmkt^mXpw Ss¶ H^pS^w kn^àn B]n^p¶p.
“”CSm…b¸m b_ª Bsa Nt¿msX Nq«ns¡m*p k¶n«p*v..””AkÄ k*n]n Wn¶n_§n tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n H¶v In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
tKmhq«n]pw scÀ\m*hv hm_nsW tWm¡n H¶v bp©n^n¨psNm* C_§n.
“”F´m tKmhq«n. sfmssd Hmcv sI]vSn«mt\m NnX¯sfms¡. H^mkly¯nWp knan¡\w F¶v k¨ F´v sI¿pw”” A]mÄ A`vbw tUgyt¯msX B\v ASv b_ªSv.
“”CWn b¸m ASnsâ tb^n Sq§m*m..Mm³ Bkly¯nWp sNmXp¯n«p*v.”” AkÄ tKmhq«ns] tWm¡n H¶v N®n_p¡ns¡m*p b_ªp.
Ssâ fNÄs¡´p bän.. AkÄ H^msa C§sW ht¸mÀ«v sI¿p¶Sv Ss¶ CSmUyfm\v. AkapsX fpOw, sb^pfmäw FÃmw fm_n]n^n¡p¶tbms`…H^p sSanf k¶ tbms` A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n.
“”Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm…tKmhq«n km.. C^n¡v..””A]mÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”C¶s` tcm\nsâ ImÀKv SoÀ¶n^p¶p..Mm³ {l²n¨SpfnÃ..thm_n hmÀ.”” Ak³ B Nth^]n C^p¶psNm*v b_ªp.
“”ASv hm^fnÃ..””A]mÄ ASpw b_ªp Z]mW]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp.
“”tfmsa..tPmfSnt]mXv ^*p Im] FXp¡m³ b_””
“”At¿m..tk* hmÀ. Mm³ NpXn¨n_§ns] DÅp..”” Ak³ ASv hvtWibqÀÆw Wn^hn¨p.
“”^*p Im] NpXn¨m WnWs¡¶m kà hqt¡Xpw k^ptkm..”” A]mÄ ASpw b_ªp AkWmenfpOfm]n C^p¶p. Z]mW bp©n^n¨psNm* ANt¯¡v tbm]n. tbmNpt¼mÄ AkÄ tKmhq«ns] Sn^nªptWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”AkÄ¡p CsS¶m bän.. C{S ht´mgt¯msX Fsâ tfmsa Mm³ Fsâ tf^n¡p«n tbms]bns¶ N*n«nÃ.. CSv Wos]¶m f^p¶ AkÄ¡p sNmXps¯.. Wnt¶mXv H¶ptbm]n b_]m³ b_ªt¸mÄ Ss¶ fXn Nm\n¨kam… Cs¸m Wns¶ Ct§m«v Nq«ns¡m*p k¶n^n¡p¶Sv.””A]mÄ BÝ^yt¯msX tImSn¨p.
“”FWn¡_n]nà hmÀ..fmZw k¶t¸m Mm³ k]`n³ km]v¡p¶Sv tN«n^p¶p. NqXmsS A½s] Np_n¨pw b_ªp…”” scÀ\m*hv hm_nsâ fp¶n Z]mWs] tbs^Xp¯p knan¡*m F¶kWv tSm¶n. ASpsNm*m\v Ak³ fmZw F¶pSs¶ knan¨Sv.
“”B At¸m ASm\v Nm^\w…Fsâ tf^n¡p«n W¶m]n k]`n³ km]v¡pfm]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv